<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Note to NBA: Want to get control of fans? Take away their beer"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">TNT analyst Charles Barkley rarely holds back on his opinions.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">And with the <a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2022/04/21/ja-morant-says-grizzlies-want-win-both-games-minnesota/7356101001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> <a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2022/04/21/memphis-grizzlies-run-game-3-minnesota-timberwolves-nba-playoffs/7405547001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">giving up a 26-point lead</a> to the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday <a target="_blank" href="/story/sports/nba/2022/04/21/grizzlies-rally-from-26-down-beat-timberwolves-game-three/7405647001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">en route to the Grizzlies' 104-95 Game 3 victory</a> on his network, Barkley had some pointed words for the losing team.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Tell you what though, one of my things that I always believe happened tonight," Barkley said during TNT's postgame studio highlights. "I don't believe that there's dumb kids; I think they just have bad parents. These Timberwolves are dumb because their coaches are dumb."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Barkley also called the Timberwolves' collapse "embarrassing for basketball." </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Want some more Barkley quotes on the Timberwolves?</p><ul class="gnt_ar_b_ul"><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">"These dudes let a team have a 21-0 run and didn't call a timeout," Barkley said off-hand during the first-half highlights.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">"I said it at halftime, this has got to be one of the dumbest teams. All that talent and they're dumber than rocks," he continued on Minnesota.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">"When they have to think, they can't think," he said in response to fellow "Inside the NBA" analyst Kenny Smith about the Timberwolves' inability to produce in half-court offense.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">"I'm so frustrated with this. One thing I can't stand is stupidity on the basketball court. You can lose a game, but you can't just go out there (and play like that)," he said during the highlights of the game-deciding fourth quarter.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">"I don't even know if you can call that a choke. They lost by 10 (it was actually nine). When you lose by two and blow a big lead ......</li></ul></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/twolves/2022/04/21/charles-barkley-rips-minnesota-timberwolves-game-3-collapse/7406777001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
